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A spokeswoman for the Home Office said: "Two civil penalties were served to the China Palace in 2015 and 2017 in relation to staff working there illegally. Both civil penalties have been paid in full."

At the meeting, licensing officer Richard French said: "These are serial offenders.

"You’ve got people who don’t seem to know how to run a business, how to run a kitchen, and how to pay their workers correctly.

"They are using a licensed premises to perpetuate serious crimes. There are words for that, exploitation is one of them."